as in intimate
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Originally Published: April 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM CDT
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Kanye West reveals past incestuous relationship with male cousin
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John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Ye shocked his followers yesterday (April 21) after his confession about having incestuous interactions with his younger male cousin while promoting a new song.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Kanye West detailed a years-long, incestuous relationship with an unnamed cousin in his latest social media outburst.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Even anonymous surveys are ineffective in determining usable data regarding incestuous abuse.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
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John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Ye shocked his followers yesterday (April 21) after his confession about having incestuous interactions with his younger male cousin while promoting a new song.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Kanye West detailed a years-long, incestuous relationship with an unnamed cousin in his latest social media outburst.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Even anonymous surveys are ineffective in determining usable data regarding incestuous abuse.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incestuous
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The rapper recognized the 30th anniversary of his In A Major Way sophomore album and performed a medley of fan-favorite records in the intimate setting.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 June 2025
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The collective effect of their intimate, first-person narratives is that of a confessional, revealing the psyche of a country going through a traumatic change.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Their bodies, buried in the same earthen dam, became an altar — proof that the struggle for Black freedom and the Jewish battle against antisemitism were inseparable projects of American redemption.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
24 May 2025
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The two girls were inseparable, recalled Kimberly Schreiber, who was 5 at the time of her older sister’s death.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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When the scene cuts, Brando (Matt Dillon), who had previously been chummy with Maria, looks sheepish.—
Beatrice Loayza,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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But the swipe-fees measure has found itself in unusually chummy waters: It’s simultaneously supported by some prominent business groups, like the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Colorado Restaurant Association, alongside the far more liberal Bell Policy Center.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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Schubert and the law enforcement agencies that fall under her jurisdiction appear to be bosom buddies.—
Monique Judge,
The Root,
15 May 2018
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Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite were also bosom buddies in their passion for public transportation who had excitedly awaited the day higher-speed trains could zip through their home turf.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Dec. 2017
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The latter star has landed a number of hits throughout the past few years by repurposing melodies and interpolating hooks from older, familiar smashes by other artists, reworking them into something exciting and new for a different audience.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Image These Days by Lucy Caldwell London during the Blitz has become a familiar subject of World War II fiction.—
Alida Becker,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Jews, because human beings are and always will be clannish.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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This sort of soft, clannish corruption is not a coat of paint that can be stripped from the protectionist architecture; the dysfunction infests the very foundations of it.—
David B. McGarry,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
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During public remarks in 2022, Justice Elena Kagan – one of the court’s three liberal justices − spoke out against sweeping injunctions and the ability of challengers to find one friendly judge to issue such an order.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Hussain has a friendly, reassuring presence, making the already-simple recipes even less intimidating.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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“Incestuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incestuous. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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